Taxi drivers like to ask what I do for a living. Which I find unfair, because I can’t really ask them the same question. And once I tell them the answer, 9 out of 10, they will ask which compact camera they should buy. (Which camera izza the best for travelling?) I normally cringe. And...
Two weeks ago, I travelled to Griffith – 5 hours from Melbourne; 5 hours from Sydney. And I’ve totally exceeded my quota on red earth scenery. My assignment was to shoot an industrialised winery for their upcoming website. Honestly I was half expecting happy ladies dancing on a giant field of fresh picked grapes. (Maybe ‘industrialised’ means...
You stare at the road. You see the sky. You think about the land. You think about home. Wherever that is. Whatever that means. You stare at the road. You fiddle with the air conditioner. You tap your fingers on the steering wheel. You take a photo with your iPhone. You think about the shoot...
Kobe has become my favourite city in Japan. Perhaps because it is so similar to Melbourne. Mainly its many foreign influence. The little alleys, the city grid, 80s architecture, cheese cakes, pork buns. It’s weird to feel like you’re at home, yet travelling at the same time. The only thing Melbourne doesn’t have is charcoal...
If you’re born after the 80s, you must have at some point, established contact with Studio Ghibli’s work. Nausicaa, Totoro, Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Howl’s Moving Castle, to name a few. Miyazaki has a constant environmental message in all his movies. But of course, when we hear ‘Japan’ we think of mecha robots, automatic butt-cleansing...
